JDK-7152121 : Krb5LoginModule no longer handles keyTabNames with "file:" prefix
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: security-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.security
  • Affected Version: 8
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2012-03-08
  • Updated: 2013-09-12
  • Resolved: 2012-09-05
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Description
In JDK 6, one can specify keyTab="file:/etc/krb5/krb5.tab" for Krb5LoginModule in a JAAS login config file. In JDK 7, we rewrote the keytab codes and this is not supported anymore.

Comments
EVALUATION http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/61ddc8ce7f3b
27-08-2012

EVALUATION Normalaize the file name like in ctors of KeyTab
20-08-2012